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James Gammon

James Richard Gammon (1940-2010), American character actor known as Lou Brown in Major League and Nick Bridges on Nash Bridges, a Sam Shepard stage regular.

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini (1961-2013), American actor and Rutgers graduate, played mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), winning three Emmys, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards; also known for True Romance, God of Carnage, and The Drop.

James Garner

James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928–2014), American actor known as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files; Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, and twice a studio-suing contract litigant.

James Garner filmography

James Garner filmography: screen credits of American actor James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928-2014), star of Maverick and The Rockford Files, Oscar-nominated for Murphy's Romance, spanning 1950s westerns to The Notebook.

James Gray (director)

James Gray (born 1969) is an American writer-director of New York-set dramas including Little Odessa (1994, Venice Silver Lion), The Immigrant, Ad Astra, and Armageddon Time; a Cannes regular appreciated especially in France.

James Gregory (actor)

James Gregory (1911–2002) was an American character actor with a deep, gravelly voice, known for Inspector Luger on Barney Miller and roles in The Manchurian Candidate.

James Gunn

James Gunn, American filmmaker and Co-Chairman/CEO of DC Studios with Peter Safran; rose from Troma's Tromeo & Juliet to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, and the 2025 DCU launch film Superman.

James Gunn's PG Porn

James Gunn's PG Porn is a 2008-2009 Spike.com comedy web series by James, Brian, and Sean Gunn: porn-film spoofs with no sex, tagline "For people who love everything about Porn...except the sex."

James Hampton (actor)

James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021), American character actor; not the visionary artist James Hampton. Known as bugler Hannibal Dobbs on F Troop, Caretaker in The Longest Yard (Golden Globe nomination), and Harold Howard in Teen Wolf; also directed sitcom episodes including Evening Shade and Sister, Sister.

James Haven

James Haven (born 1973), American actor and producer, son of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand and older brother of Angelina Jolie; appeared in Gia and Original Sin, produced Trudell, led the Artivist Film Festival, and came out as gay in 2026. Distinct from assistant director James Andrew Haven.

James Hayter (actor)

James Hayter (Henry James Goodenough Hayter, 1907-1983), British character actor; Friar Tuck in Disney's 1952 Robin Hood and Samuel Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers (BAFTA nomination); voice of Mr Kipling cakes ads.

James Hong

James Hong (born 1929) is an American character actor with about 700 credits, known for Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Kung Fu Panda.

James Horner

James Horner (1953-2015), American film composer trained with Ligeti, wrote over 100 scores; won two Oscars for Titanic, whose soundtrack sold over 27 million copies.

James Ivory

James Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is the American director of Merchant Ivory Productions, founded with Ismail Merchant in 1961, known for Forster and James adaptations including Howards End, and an Oscar winner for Call Me by Your Name.

James Jordan (actor)

James Jordan (born 1979, Houston, Texas) is an American character actor, Taylor Sheridan's most frequent collaborator, playing Two Cups in Lioness, Dale Bradley in Landman, Steve Hendon in Yellowstone, and Cookie in 1883.

James Jude Courtney

James Jude Courtney is an American actor and stuntman from Columbia, South Carolina, who played Michael Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022), the only actor to do so in three consecutive films.

James Karen

James Karen (Jacob Karnofsky, 1923-2018), American character actor of Broadway, film, and TV; Mr. Teague in Poltergeist, Frank in The Return of the Living Dead, and Pathmark's 'Mr. Pathmark' pitchman.

James Keach

James Keach (born 1947) is an American actor, director, and producer, the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, known for The Long Riders and producing Walk the Line.

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks (born 1940, Brooklyn) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter who co-created The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and won three Oscars for Terms of Endearment.

James L. Dolan

James L. Dolan, American media executive, son of Charles Dolan; leads MSG Entertainment, Sphere Entertainment, MSG Sports, and chairs AMC Networks; former Cablevision CEO 1995-2016.

James Lafferty

James Lafferty (born 1985, Hemet, California) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer, star of One Tree Hill as Nathan Scott and co-creator of Everyone Is Doing Great with Stephen Colletti.

James Lance

James Lance (James Frederick Grenville Lance, born 1975) is an English actor, Emmy-nominated as Trent Crimm in Ted Lasso, known for Teachers, Bronson, Marie Antoinette, and The Famous Five.

James Lesure

James Lesure, American television actor born 1970 in Los Angeles (some sources say 1975), known for Mike Cannon on Las Vegas, Mel Ellis on For Your Love, and Carter Hope on The Rookie: Feds.

James Lipton

James Lipton (1926–2020), American writer, actor, lyricist, and host, creator and host of Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo from 1994 to 2018, interviewing over 300 guests; also a Broadway lyricist and author of An Exaltation of Larks.

James MacArthur

James MacArthur (1937-2010), American actor, adopted son of Helen Hayes, Disney film star, and Danny "Danno" Williams of "Book 'em, Danno" on CBS's Hawaii Five-O for 11 seasons, 1968-1980.

James Mackay (actor)

James Mackay (born 1984) is an Australian actor known as Steven Carrington on the CW's Dynasty (2017-2022) and for The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge, and Battle of the Sexes; WAAPA graduate and 2013 Heath Ledger Scholarship winner.

James Madio

James Madio (born 1975, Bronx, New York) is an American actor best known as Frank Perconte in HBO's Band of Brothers; also Hook, The Basketball Diaries, The Featherweight's Willie Pep, and The Penguin.

James Mangold

James Mangold (born 1964, New York) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of Cop Land, Walk the Line, Logan, Ford v Ferrari, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.

James Marsden

James Marsden (born 1973, Stillwater, Oklahoma), full name James Paul Marsden, American actor known as Cyclops in X-Men, Prince Edward in Enchanted, Teddy Flood in Westworld, and Emmy-nominated roles in Jury Duty and Paradise.

James Marshall (actor)

James Marshall (James David Greenblatt, born 1967) is an American actor known for James Hurley in Twin Peaks and its 1992 and 2017 installments, and for Pfc. Louden Downey in A Few Good Men.